The Tea Parties And Race

Any movement that claims to represent "Real Americans" but is 98
percent white is by definition going to have a definition of
Americanness that is partially defined by race. Whether you call them
"Real Americans" or "The Silent Majority," we all know what we're
really talking about. Pat Buchanan's saving grace is that he's always had the stones to give the state of things
without equivocation or evasion, without grasping for the plausible
deniability of putting a few nonwhite speakers on the stage in order to
foster the perception of diversity.

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